‘Tis the Season for the ‘Great Pumpkin’

Here’s a look back on a favorite holiday special from Charlie Brown and the rest of the ‘Peanuts’ gang.

Linus tries to get everyone excited about the Great Pumpkin in "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." MovieStillsDB

Fall is undoubtedly here! It’s the season of apple cider and cinnamon donuts. Farms are bustling with children petting barn animals, mothers buying jams, and dads carrying pumpkins from the patch. It’s also the time of year when the family gathers to watch “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”

The Making of a Classic

Charles Schulz was a 20th-century American cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip. Public Domain